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FICAP to support Aussie icon in 2024

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024
... skills required to make positive choices. It does this primarily through mobile learning centres, pop-up classrooms, in-class delivery, and via virtual and online lessons. "Life Ed's giraffe mascot, Healthy Harold is an Australian icon. Alongside ...

The most popular fund types launched in Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2024
... launched into the Australian investment market by Equity Trustees, most were related to global fixed income, however, the asset class didn't attract the highest flows. There were 19 new global fixed income funds, 18 Australian equity funds, 16 alternative ...

SSGA expands risk-based ETF model portfolios

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2024
... "Our process considers ETFs from all providers to ensure portfolio investment selection is not limited by sector, asset class or product issuer," Regnat said. SSGA launched its ETF model portfolio capability in Australia in 2019. It now ranks among the ...

Betashares launches new currency hedged ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024
... currency fluctuations on investment performance," he said. Interestingly, international equities have been the preferred asset class for ETF investors this year, receiving the highest level of net inflows as sentiment shifts towards more growth-oriented ...

SSGA appoints local head of intermediary

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024
... distribution team and is responsible for driving the growth of the intermediary channel in Australia across multi-asset class model portfolios, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and fund solutions. He reports directly to Meaghan Victor, who is the head of ...

Bitcoin ETF price war: VanEck, Monochrome cut costs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024
... from investors and the investment community has been remarkable. He said it speaks to the demand for access to the asset class via a regulated vehicle on the ASX. "While still polarising, Bitcoin is no longer on the fringes and is evolving into the mainstream. ...

AFCA caps Dixon claimants at 2773

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024
... pay for it, via the CSLR," Abood said. Dixon's parent company E&P Financial Group settled the recent Shine Lawyers-led class action for $16 million. Senator Andrew Bragg has been highly critical of how ASIC has handled the Dixon matter. In 2021 ...

Magellan fund to launch as active ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024
Magellan's Global Fund (MGF) has converted to an open-class structure that will soon trade as an active exchange-traded fund (ETF) on the ASX. On July 10, the New South Wales Supreme Court approved to convert the fund from a closed-class unit to ...

'Growing revenues, not AUM, is the new name of the game': ISS

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024
The relationship between assets under management (AUM) and revenue growth has broken down as fund buyers - both retail and institutional - increasingly embrace lower-fee index funds. This comes as interest in more expensive active strategies appears ...

SSGA launches new gold fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024
... banks are looking to diversify their reserve assets away from the dollar," Anantakrishnan said. "For investors, the asset class can play a similar role during periods of uncertainty, helping add diversification to portfolios given its historically low ...